'This is why you have lost touch with America': After ruining guacamole, the NYT takes aim at hot chocolate

https://twitter.com/mikedtcu/status/811168861580038144

Remember last year when the New York Times grossed out readers by suggesting guacamole is best when peas are added to the mix?

President wraps up Q&A session on Obamacare with executive opinion on peas in guacamole http://t.co/OV9rUqkZgH

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 2, 2015

Well, they’re at it again, this time attempting to ruin hot chocolate by adding red wine to the recipe (and those are marshmallows, not whipped cream … where are the fact-checkers?):

1. Make hot chocolate.
2. Put red wine in it.
3. Add whipped cream.
4. Take the Instagram picture.
5. Drink.https://t.co/X4gQ97k69p

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 20, 2016

People are having none of it:

6. Throw up
7. The pain of regret
8. Delete your account https://t.co/UdjZbQBk6T

— Jamie Reed (@JamieFonzarelli) December 20, 2016

6. Puke

— Shorsey (@jleo1953) December 20, 2016

That’s pretty much what comes next.

Nope! https://t.co/pli6SpklDR

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 20, 2016

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Or maybe it’s that the “blinding whiteness” at the New York Times, as we told you yesterday:

https://twitter.com/Rose_Khann/status/811109673604698112

6. Gentrify a neighborhood.

— The Boomerbadook (@Amanda_Kerri) December 20, 2016

Although these suggestion do seem to improve on the Times’ recipe significantly:

https://twitter.com/danny_cue/status/811113807913304064

https://twitter.com/JohnAloszka/status/811111821675479040

3.5 Replace Red Wine with Rum.
6. Win.

— Andreas Proschofsky (@suka_hiroaki) December 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/BottleOfSquid/status/811112254712094720

Now those are recipes we will try!

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